| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ep·o·nym |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   p  -n m |
| NOUN: | 1. A person whose name is or is thought to be the source of the name of something, such as a city, country, or era. For example, Romulus is the eponym of Rome. 2. Medicine A name of a drug, structure, or disease based on or derived from the name of a person. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French éponyme, from Greek ep numos, named after : epi-, epi- + onoma, onuma, name; see n -men- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | epo·nymic —ADJECTIVE
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